Manifolding device.



PATENTED JUNE 18, 1907.

J. E. NORMAN. MANIFOLDING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVIANIFOLDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1907'.

Application filed January 2, 1906. Serial No. 294,830.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN EDWARD Non- MAN, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, a citizen of Leicester, England, residing at Leicester, in thecounty of Leicester, England, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in or Relating to Manifolding Devices, of which thefollowing is a specili, cation.

This invention relates to manifolding devices and has for its object toprovide an improved means whereby a loose sheet of paper together with asheet of carbon paper or other suitable copying medium may be detachablyyet firmly secured on the sheet of a manifolding book or pile of sheetsreceiving the copy so as to be immovable relatively thereto while theoriginal letter, invoice or other document is being written and the copythereof is being simultaneously made. The copy is obtained by means of asheet of carbon paper or the like placed in the well known mannerface-downward on the sheet on which the copy is to be produced, andunderneath the sheet of paper on which the writing is to be done. Thesheets are held in position by means of the device which forms animportant feature of this in vention and which device can be readily removed and replaced in position as and when required.

The invention will be fully understood from the following descriptionand with the aid of the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1., is a general view of a record or inanifolding book having thepresent inven tion applied thereto. Fig. 2., is a detail of the bar.Fig. 3., is a vertical transverse section of the book.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are indicated by the samereference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the improved device comprises a bar 2 ofmetal or other suitable material placed across and adapted to betightened down upon the carbon and loose sheet of paper on which thewriting is to be done and over the record book 3 or pile of sheets so asto retain the aforesaid carbon and loose sheet of paper immovablerelatively to said record book while the letter or other document isbeing written and the copy simultaneously made.

The means for tightening down the bar upon the sheets preferablycomprises two screw threaded pins or studs 4, 5 secured vertically atcorresponding points, one at each side or edge of the record. book orpile of sheets. One end of the bar 2 is perforated at 6 and passed overand around the stud 4 and secured thereon by a milled nut 7. The

other end of the bar is formed with a latch fastening 'i. c. having aslot 8 opening on to its edge so that in a horizontal movement about theother end as a pivot, the bar can become engaged with or disengaged fromthe other stud 5 on the opposite edge of the book 3 without having topass over the upper end of said stud. This end of the bar is alsofastened by a milled nut 7.

The bar is tightened over and pressed downward upon the loose sheet ofpaper, carbon sheet and record book or pile of sheets by turning roundboth of the milled nuts 7, 7 and lowering them on to the ends of thebar. To release said bar however it is only necessary to release the nut7 at the slotted end of the bar and move the latter in a horizontalplane about its pivoted other end when it becomes disengaged from thescrewed stud 5 and permits the removal of the loose sheet of paper andcarbon sheet. Or if one end of the carbon sheet be affixed to the bar,the

carbon will be caused to roll over upon the record or manifold book withthe bar which will prevent handling of the carbon sheet each time it isremoved or replaced.

The screwed studs 7 may be connected to a rigid bar or base plate 9forming part of, or as shown, connected to a thick and rigid plate 10forming one of the covers of the manifolding book or pile of sheets.

The bar when released at its slotted end and swung into a positionalongside the book or pile of sheets as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1,is liable to drop down to the bottom of the stud 4 by the side of thebook or sheets of paper in which case it has to be raised again beforeit can be swung back into position on the book as will be understood. Toavoid this disadvantage a spring 11 is employed located on the stud aunder the nut 7 at the perforated or pivoted end of the bar and bearingupwardly against the underside of the latter and supporting it at orabout the writing level when released from the book as aforesaid. Thespring is of a strength sufficient to support the bar but not tomaterially interfere with the screwing down of the milled nut 7 at thatend of the bar when fastening the latter in position on the book or pileof sheets.

\Vhat I claim then is A manifolding b ook comprising in combinationsheets 3, screw threaded pins 4, 5 located on each side of the sheets, abar 2 pivoted to the pin 4, a slot in the said bar to pass over the pin5, nuts 7 on said pins to tighten down the bar when located across thebook, and a spring 11 located under the pivoted end of said bar andaround the pin 4 to support said pivoted end at or near the writinglevel when the bar is swung round alongside the sheets and clear ofsame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afilX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN EDWARD NORMAN.

Witnesses:

E. N. LEWIS, GEORGE LESTER.

